Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-04
TEE COLLEGE PRESIDENTS
AxvUs S0a Tas BIsRPfICN OF COL
- LIoSs rROA rAIsflOR.
Before the Commitsss Of ways sod Means In
Harrisburg the Formation ofs
state Association OF Coiisgss-Dr. Apple
and Mr.. raSpss ashs strong ro'n'A

the w.vs and meaus committee OF the House |
IA Harris burg gave hearing to representa-.
t,yes OF the colleges OF the state on the subj ect
Of exemption from taxation Of these ins,itu.
lions. An act OF ls7i providing for the carry.
Ing out Of clause of the constitution relating
to this matter has received opposite interpre-
tations 40 that some colleges are taxed while
others are exempt, aud most impressive as |
semblage OF learned men appeared before the |
committee to urge the passage OF q supple. |
ment to the defective act releasing colleges |
from taxation.
Among them were DR.. Apple. president
OF franklin and Marshall DR.. Knox, presi.
dent Of Lafayette; Dr.. Mcknight, OF Penn
sylvania college; Dr.. Seiss, OF Muhlenberg;
Or, MafYat, OF Washing gton and Jefferson
DR.. Masill aud Prot ShArpless, Of Swsrth.
more DR.. Do Long, OF Lebanon Valley
Rev. Ferguson, Of Westminster college
Rev Schaeffer, of Palatins.e, and Of the boards,
Hon. John Cessna, LII. D., Mr.. Ario Pardee,
and others.
The bill had already been reported unfav.
orably by the committee, but Mr.. Cessna
succeeded In having 1t referred bscS to the
| committee, and the hearing was opened 10y
| q few remarks by that gentleman on the
| legal aspects OF the bill. The presidents,
| Maeill, MoffAt and Apple, aud Messrs. Fish.
| er, Pardee and Dr.. Bronson addressed the
| committed
| DIR. ApPLE's sfEEcn.
DR.. Apple made a strong point for the col.
leges by his clear argument that they are an
organic part OF the estate OF education in the
| common wealth and have the same Kind o:
claim upon the favor OF the state that the
common, high or normal schools have, be
| cause they are part OF the system Of educa-
| ton and the whole OF 1t would suffer II they
should fall. Historically the colleges came
1 a shn ho,la sfofr. tad
| the situation but the guardianship OF the state
| though latent, yet exists aud the state has
| recognised II in former time by making ap
| propriatlons to regularly chartered colleges
/ Marshall, Lafayette and other colleges have
received such approximations. but all that the
/ colleges now ask 10 that they be exempted from
| taxation. II colleges did not exist the state
| would be compelled TO found them and 10
caro- for higher education and the progress
| of ecisnce TOR the higher is related to the
lower ~ the fountain is related to the stream.
"Does it not eeem 10 consistent and monstrous
tha. when liberal and charitable man gives
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars to endow
an Institution to do just what the state re.
Quires as q necessity to support rs schools,
the state should then tax this gift OF pure
charity {" Mr.. Pardee produced marked
effect by the statement that he had given
| about q million and q half to Lsiayette and
was required regularly once year TO con-
| tribute e coo tows ards making up the Deficit
| in the income OF that college and 1t greveu
| him TO see that his Charitable contributions
were taxed aud he had 20 help to pay the tai
upon them t-
.! The committee intlmated that they would
report the bill favorsbly aud !. will probably
pass both Houses.
STATE CoLLEoE ASSOCIATIONS.
In the afternoon the college representatives
held msetiug with view to organizing 9
: State College association to be composed
: Of the faculties or their representatives..
, constitution was presented and referred TO
, committee for consideration. Exemption
4 from taxation Is the frst important object Q
! the association ss some OF the colleges nov
. pay tax CT ST. o00 which would take all tn
Q income of an endowment of 100000. Throug
t this organization OF colleges they can mee
and confer with the Public School Stat
Teachers association and cultivate the goo
feeling tha. should exist between tho tw
bodies OF teachers The standard OF admi
tsncs to college, aud the curriculum o'stud.e
y win also claim attention. as the influenc
Of the association would bs very great q
the colleges ia the state should at once joi
y the movement and the University OF Penn
. sylvania should certainly aspire to the leade
70 ship, to which It's character Of university eI
titles it.